Overview - Biography
Date of release
Genres
- Documentary
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Towers Productions
Production country United States of America
Name: Departure Films
Production country United States of America
Name: Atlas Media
Production country
Name: Actuality Productions
Production country
Name: Foxstar Productions
Production country
Name: Working Dog Productions
Production country United States of America
Name: Stage 3 Productions
Production country United States of America
Name: Electric Sky Productions
Production country
Name: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Production country
Name: Sharp Entertainment
Production country United States of America
Name: Atlas Media Corp.
Production country United States of America
Name: Jupiter Entertainment
Production country United States of America
Name: Popular Arts Entertainment
Production country
Name: Flashback Television
Production country
Name: Pangolin Pictures
Production country United States of America
Name: Robert Small Entertainment
Production country
Name: Screaming Flea Productions
Production country
Name: Lou Reda Productions
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Overview
Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.
Seasons
Name: Season 1 (1992)
Episode: 15
1992
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Name: Season 2 (1993)
Episode: 1
1993
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Name: Season 3 (1994)
Episode: 81
1994
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Name: Season 4 (1995)
Episode: 2
1995
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Name: Season 5
Episode: 32
1996
Date first aired:
Name: Season 6
Episode: 51
1997
Date first aired:
Name: Season 7
Episode: 26
1998
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Name: Season 8
Episode: 0
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Name: Season 9
Episode: 2
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